Surat panchang, 1 May 2026
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 19:02 Moonrise 18:54 Vaishakha month
Surat, Gujarat, India · 21.20°, 72.83° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 19:02- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:45 – 09:22
- Durmuhurta 08:43 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam 10:59 – 12:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:10 – 13:01
- Durmuhurta 13:01 – 13:53
- Yamaganda 15:49 – 17:25
- 10:00 Karana becomes Bava
Night
19:02 to 06:08 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 19:02 – 21:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 22:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 22:53
- Nakshatra Swati until 04:35 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 21:13
- Karana Vishti until 10:00, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:00 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 22:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:35 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:43 – 09:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:59 – 12:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 13:01 – 13:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:49 – 17:25
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:13 – 21:44 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:40 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:10 – 13:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:02 – 21:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:53 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:09 – 07:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:45 – 09:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:22 – 10:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:59 – 12:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:35 – 14:12 | Good |
| Rog | 14:12 – 15:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:49 – 17:25 | Bad |
| Char | 17:25 – 19:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 19:02 – 20:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:25 – 21:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:49 – 23:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:12 – 00:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:35 – 01:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:58 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:22 – 04:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:45 – 06:08 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:31 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:49 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:58 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:40 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:17 Pisces
- 05:17 – 06:59 Aries
- 06:59 – 08:58 Taurus
- 08:58 – 11:11 Gemini
- 11:11 – 13:26 Cancer
- 13:26 – 15:36 Leo
- 15:36 – 17:45 Virgo
- 17:45 – 19:58 Libra
- 19:58 – 22:13 Scorpio
- 22:13 – 00:19 next day Sagittarius
- 00:19 – 02:06 next day Capricorn
- 02:06 – 03:41 next day Aquarius
- 03:41 – 05:14 next day Pisces
- 05:14 – 06:08 next day Aries
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method